[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31975-31976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12521]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Proposed Joint Stipulation to Consent Decree Entered
Into Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
And Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on May 17, 2013, a proposed joint
stipulation to an entered Consent Decree filed in United States et al.
v. ITT Industries, Inc., et. al., Civil Action No. 99-00552 was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Central District of
California (Western Division).
On August 2, 2000, the parties to the civil action, including the
United States, the State of California, on behalf of the California
Department of Toxic Substances Control, the City of Glendale, and
several potentially responsible parties, entered into a Consent Decree
settlement, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, which resolved the filed claims of the
federal and state governments for the Glendale North and South Operable
Units of the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site (Site).
Pursuant to the consent decree, certain of the potentially responsible
parties (Settling Work Defendants) have been performing and are
performing Site remedial actions (Work) required by the consent decree,
including, among other actions, a Focused Feasibility Study (FFS).
The parties have reached a proposed joint stipulation that the
Settling Work Defendants will not request a Certificate of Completion
regarding the Work before November 30, 2018 and, Settling Work
Defendants and the City of Glendale shall continue to perform their
respective Work required to be performed under the Consent Decree and
other requirements of the Consent Decree, including the Performance
Standards, FFS and any implementation of Work resulting therefrom, now
and into the future until at least November 30, 2018, when additional
Site information will be available to the parties, subject in all
instances to the terms and applicable conditions set forth in the
Consent Decree, and without waiving any rights, defenses and/or
remedies that the Plaintiffs, the City of Glendale, or Settling Work
Defendants have under the Consent Decree (it being agreed that the
implementation Work resulting from the FFS has not yet been determined,
and the Settling Work Defendants and/or the City shall be entitled to
exercise any and all rights, defenses and remedies under the Consent
Decree to object to any implementation of Work that may be ordered by
the United States under the Consent Decree).
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed joint stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States et al. v. ITT Industries, Inc., et.
al., Civil Action No. 99-00552, D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-442A. All
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email.......................... [email protected].
By mail........................... Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Stipulation may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide
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a paper copy of the Stipulation upon written request and payment of
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12521 Filed 5-24-13; 8:45 am]
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